Glen Street station

Glen Street (formerly Glen Cove) is a station on the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Glen Street (the former alignment of NY 107), near Elm Avenue, in the City of Glen Cove, Nassau County, New York.

Glen Street
Glen Street station with a sign made by the City of Glen Cove on June 10, 2010
General information
Location	Glen Street Glen Cove, New York
Coordinates	40.857862°N 73.621461°W / 40.857862; -73.621461
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Oyster Bay Branch
Distance	27.3 mi (43.9 km) from Long Island City[1]
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Nassau Inter-County Express: n21, n27
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	7
History
Opened	May 16, 1867
Rebuilt	1888
Previous names	Glen Cove (1867–June 28, 1911[2])
Passengers
2006	478[3]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Sea Cliff toward Penn Station or Long Island City Oyster Bay Branch Glen Cove toward Oyster Bay
Location

History

The Glen Street station's historic marker.

Glen Street station was built by the Glen Cove Branch Rail Road (an LIRR subsidiary) and opened on May 16, 1867, as the original Glen Cove Station, having finally reached the intended destination of the railroad's namesake.^[4][5] It was the terminus of the branch until the line was extended to Locust Valley in 1869.^[4][5] The first incarnation of this station was located to the northwest of the current station on the land now occupied by a Burger King. It was replaced by the current station in 1888.^[5]

In 1895, the current Glen Cove station was constructed further north, at the behest of the "Gold Coast" millionaires (such as the Pratts and J.P. Morgan), who felt that the Glen Street station was not dignified enough for them to utilize.^[4] Following that station's opening, this station was renamed as Glen Street.^[4]

While the Glen Street station's station house is not listed on the National Register of Historic Places like nearby Sea Cliff LIRR station, it has been listed & designated as a New York State Historic Site since 1967.^[5]

Station layout

This station has two high-level side platforms, each long enough for one and a half cars to receive and discharge passengers. A small freight yard existed on the east bound side of the tracks, which is now occupied by a soccer field.

Platform A, side platform
Track 1	←      Oyster Bay Branch toward Jamaica, Long Island City, or Penn Station (Sea Cliff)
Track 2	←      Oyster Bay Branch toward Oyster Bay (Glen Cove) →
Platform B, side platform

References

1. Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VI. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
2. "Glen Cove Station Name to be Changed". The Daily Star. June 12, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
3. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
4. Seyfried, Vincent. "The Long Island Rail Road: The age of expansion, 1863-1880". p. 203. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014.
5. Morrison, David D. (March 5, 2018). Long Island Rail Road: Oyster Bay Branch. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467128544.

External links

Media related to Glen Street (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Glen Street – LIRR
• Glen Street LIRR timetable
• June 2006 Photo (Unofficial Long Island Railroad History Website)^[usurped]
• Glen Cove (old Nassau) and Glen Street Stations (Sam Berliner III's Victorian Stations of the LIRR)